Saturday 9 September 2017

788 Carrot Confidential


First  viewed : 3  January  1987

Jasper  was  back  with  a  new  vehicle, four  years  after  Carrott's  Lib  finished.

Carrott  Confidential  was  on  a  bit  earlier  on  a  Saturday  evening  than  Carrott's  Lib  so  the  content  was  toned  down  a  bit  and  he  didn't  have  as  strong  a  team  around  him. I  think  Steve  Punt  and  Hugh  Dennis  have  improved  over  the  years  but  they  were  awful  at  this  point, their  solo  slot  the  equivalent  of  Ronnie  Corbett's  armchair  turn  in  The  Two  Ronnies.

Carrott  Confidential  also  had  less  political  content  although  Jasper  did  come  a  cropper  when  he  made  an  offhand  remark  about  Denzil  Davies  MP, seemingly  selected  at  random, being  drunk   in  the  Commons. Before  the  following  week's  programme, the  Beeb  had  to  broadcast  a  grovelling  apology  to  Davies  for  the  offence  caused.

Carrott  Confidential   ran  for   two  seasons  before  another  re-boot  as  Canned  Carrott  in  1990. 

2 comments:

  1. Not sure if you intended to cover "Canned Carrott" in another post, but if not, I credit that with giving us "The Detectives" - one of my favourite sitcoms of the 1990s.

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  2. I do intend to cover "Canned Carrott" separately. I can't say "The Detectives" was my favourite segment but perhaps it worked better given more elbow room.

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